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. He sat as member of parliament for

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from 1679 to 1681 and again from 1685 to 1689. As a baron of the

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he was one of the holders of the canopy at the coronation of James II in 1685 and coronation of

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and

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in 1688. He is thought to have become disillusioned with James and to have welcomed the accession of William and Mary.nationalarchives.gov.uk Ashburnham family archive
/ref> In 1689 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Ashburnham, of Ashburnham in the County of Sussex. He later served as Custos Rotulorum of

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from 1702 to 1710. Lord Ashburnham married Bridget, daughter and heiress of Sir Charles Vaughan of Porthammel House,

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in 1677, from which substantial estates in Wales came into the family. They had several children. He died at Southampton Street,

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, London, in January 1710, aged 54, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son,

. William was in his turn succeeded by his younger brother,

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, who was created Earl of Ashburnham in 1730. Lady Ashburnham died in May 1719.

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